Geography Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Geography is the study of the Earth's landscapes, features, inhabitants, and natural phenomena. It aims to understand the locations of various elements, the reasons for their presence, and how they evolve and transform over time.

• Question 71:

  

  The main occupation of the people in the area on the map is most likely to be

  Options:
  A) Fishing
  B) Lumbering
  C) Mining
  D) Farming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 72:

  The system of agriculture referred to as "Land rotation" is

  Options:
  A) Bush fallow
  B) Crop rotation
  C) Mixed farming
  D) Shifting cultivation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 73:

  

  The central landform in the area shown on the map can be described generally as a

  Options:
  A) Dissected broadsurfaced escarpment
  B) Dissected massed inselberg lanscape
  C) Broken block-fault mountain
  D) Steep-sided tilted plateau
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 74: Two areas of very sparse population in Nigeria are? Options:
  A) the Niger Delta and parts of Niger State
  B) Kano and parts of Borno State
  C) Ibadan and parts of Sokoto State
  D) Osun State and parts of Borno State
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 75: The most critical cause of desertification in Nigeria is? Options:
  A) excessively high temperatures
  B) extremely low rainfall
  C) environment pollution
  D) excessive pressure of land use
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 76: Shifting cultivation is an agricultural practice involving? Options:
  A) intensive cultivation in a highly populated region
  B) cultivation food crops on a subsistence basis
  C) production of cash crops principally for export
  D) cultivating alternative plots to allow for natural regeneration
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 77: The process by which organic matter is decomposed and synthesized to form part of the soil is known as? Options:
  A) humification
  B) mineralization
  C) laterization
  D) nitrification
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 78: The following lakes have outlets to the sea EXCEPT Lake? Options:
  A) Victoria
  B) Maracaibo
  C) Chad
  D) Athabasca
  E) Michigan
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 79:

  Which of the following processes leads to the loss of carbon from the air

  Options:
  A) combustion
  B) respiration
  C) putrefaction
  D) photosynthesis
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 80:

  Annual rainfall is low and erratic.The vegetation is scanty,although temperature is generally high, yet the daily range of temperature is very high.

  Which of the following is the climatic type described above?

  Options:
  A) Monsoon
  B) Mediterranean
  C) British type
  D) Hot cool temperate continental
  E) Hot desert
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  The correct answer is E .